Threshold parameters for a simple stochastic partnership model of sexually transmitted diseases formulated as a two-type CMJ process

IMA Journal of Mathemathics Applied in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 251-260

  Mode, Charles J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perron frobenius roots; Semi markov; Sexually transmitted diseases; Threshold parameters; Two type CMJ branching process

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MARKOV PROCESSES; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BRANCHING PROCESS; PARTNERSHIP MODELS; PERRON-FROBENII ROOT; PERRON-FROBENIUS; SEMI-MARKOV; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SIMPLE STOCHASTIC; STOCHASTIC-MODELING; THRESHOLD PARAMETERS; TWO-TYPE CRUMP-MODE-JAGERS BRANCHING PROCESS;

DISSOLUTION;

EID: 0031304640     PISSN: 02650746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imammb14.4.251     Document Type: Article

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